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W. P. SCHAEFER.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 2.1914.

Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

Application filed July 2, 1914. Serial No. 848,605.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. SCHAEFER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented itself to the head of the wearer.

In carrying out my invention I employ an elastic band associated with the sweat band and other elements in a manner to prevent vertical displacement of the elastic band entirely around the hatwhile the forehead of the wearer is protected from the elastic band and the elastic band is laced through openings in the rearward portion of the sweat band in a manner to locate the elastic band as near as possible to the head of the wearer, for the maximum efficiency as will be hereinafter fully describedand claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1, is a longitudinal, vertical section through a hat embodying my invention, on line 11 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2, is a horizontal section of the hat, on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a development of a sweat band showing'one form of embodiment of my invention, and showing the inside of the sweat band. Fig. 4, is a development of a sweat band showing another form of embodiment of my invention, and showing the inside of the sweat band.

Referring to the drawings, 3 designates the body of the hat and 4 the leather sweat band which extends around the inside of the lower portion of the heat body as usual. Between the forward portion of the hat body 3 and the forward portion of the sweat band 4, or that portion thereof which engages the forehead of the wearer, is a strip 7 of textile fabric 5 having a series of spaced openings 6therein, as shown. In the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the strip of fabric 5 is formed by an upwardly-extending portion of the usual strip of fabric which is folded around a cord and secured by suitable stitching to the lower edge portion of the sweat band to form a foundation 7 therefor. The lower edge portions of the sweat band 4 and strip of fabric 5 are not only secured together but they are also secured to the bottom of the hat body 3 by suitable stitching 8. In the construction shown in Fig. 4, instead of utilizing the usual foundation strip 7 to form the strip 5 I employ a separate strip 5 and stitch the lower edge portion thereof to the lower edge portion of the sweat band 4.

The rearward portion of the sweat band 4, or that portion thereof which engages the hair of the wearer, is provided with a series of spaced openings 9. The two series of openings 6 and 9 in the strip of fabric 5 and the sweat band 4, respectively, terminate upon meeting each other at the respective sides of the hat body 3 as shown, and laced through both series of openings 6 and 9 is a fiat elastic band 10 formed of a strip of suitable material, the ends of which are tied together, at 11, at back of the hatbetween the body thereof and the sweat band 4. The elastic band 10 extends alternately in and out through the openings in both series 6 and 9, and, at the sides of the hat, the clastic bandextends through the sweat band and engages the hair of the wearer at intervals around the entire back of the hat while the forehead of the wearer is protected from the elastic band at the front of the hat and while all parts of the elastic band are held in the same horizontal plane entirely around the hat.

By adjusting the knot 11 the length of the elastic band 10 engaging the strip 5 and sweat band 4 may be varied to properly fit the head of the wearer, so that the hat may be worn with ease and comfort. The elastic band 10 is free to slide through the openings of the series 6 and 9 to permit the different parts of the sweat band 4 to adapt itself to the head of the wearer.

One of the chief advantages flowing from my invention is that I am enabled to hold all parts of the elastic band 10 in the same horizontal position and to bring the elastic band very close to the head of the wearer for the maximum efiiciency, while, at the same time, the forehead of the wearer is protected therefrom.

I claim:

1. A hat comprising a body portion, a sweat band extending around the inside of the body portion and having its lower edge portion attached to said body portion, said band having a plain forward portion and a series of spaced openings extending around its rearward portion only, at its lower edge,

an elastic band extending continuously around the sweat band and alternately in and out through the openings in the rearward portion of the sweat band and between the forward portion of the sweat band and the forward portion of the body of the hat, and means to prevent upward displacement of the forward portion of the elastic band, said openings and said means ermitting free movement of the elastic band therethrough and therebetween, whereby said elastic band is entirely concealed from View by the front portion of the sweat band.

2. A hat comprising a body portion, a

sweat band extending around the inside of the body portion, said band having a series of spaced openings extending around its rearward portion only, at its lower edge, a

memes strip of fabric between the forward portion of the sweat band and the forward portion of the body of the hat and having a series of spaced openings therein, the lower edge portions of the sweat band and said strip being attached to said body portion, and an elastic band extending alternately in and out through the openings in the rearward portion of the sweat band and alternately in and out through the openings in said strip of fabric, whereby said elastic band is entirely concealed from View by the front portion of the sweat band.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM P. SCHAEFER.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH H. SUNDHEIM,

A. V. GROUPE. 

